Kijabe

The name Kijabe likely derives from the Maasai 'Donyo Kejabe' meaning 'Gold mountain'.

It stands on the edge of the Great Rift Valley at an altitude of 2200m, some 50 kilometres north-west of Nairobi.

Kijabe is located in the sub-county of Lari, Kiambu County.

Kijabe Town is the closest settlement to the Railway Station of the same name and is a community of small land holders.

Kijabe mission station is the home of Kijabe Hospital, AIC-CURE International Children's Hospital of Kenya, Moffatt Bible College, Kijabe Youth Charity initiative, a group that helps the less privileged in the society, and Rift Valley Academy, a school for children of missionaries, expats, and Kenyan Nationals established in 1906 and Kijabe Guesthouse.